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Americans Are Joking About Moving to Canada During Close Election

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Mahita Gajanan
Mahita Gajanan
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Mahita Gajanan
Mahita Gajanan
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November 8, 2016, 10:49 PM ET

As Election Night delivers a much closer race than expected between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, many U.S. citizens say they’re considering fleeing to Canada.

Americans joke about moving north of the border during pretty much every presidential election, but the stressful Tuesday night has people pulling blowing the dust off their luggage.

https://twitter.com/andrecarmellini/status/796188872250167296

https://twitter.com/mellowprincess_/status/796190911583686657

*starts looking at apartments in canada*

— ilana kaplan (@lanikaps) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/dimplemonkey/status/796190031861923841

Our neighbor in the north appears to be welcoming.

In Canada, immigrants are encouraged to bring their cultural traditions with them and share them with their fellow citizens. pic.twitter.com/MOuStZbSX7

— Canada (@Canada) November 9, 2016

Our live-cam of the U.S.-Canada border—to see if Americans flee to Canada this #electionnight—is now on hour two: https://t.co/9bVnOhMImh

— Maclean’s Magazine (@macleans) November 9, 2016

Canadian publication Maclean’s Magazine even set up a camera in Vermont on the Canada-U.S. border to see if any Americans cross over after the election.

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